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verb

Definition of cooknext
1
as in to distort
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of it turns out the pharmaceutical researcher had cooked her data

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2
as in to happen
to take place wondered what was cooking when several police cars pulled up to their neighbor's house

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cook

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noun

ˈku̇k How to pronounce cook (audio)
as in chef
a person who prepares food by some manner of heating the hearty meals prepared by the cook at summer camp

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Recent Examples of cook
Verb
In the teak and black basalt kitchen, which Butler Armsden opened up so Sutherland could easily cook while entertaining, the personalized elements are a bit subtler. — Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026 That’s why the fat your grandparents cooked with is suddenly on everyone’s counter again. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Noun
The restaurant is bedroom-size, with five tables puzzle-fit into a narrow dining room; Lagomarsini cooks in a closet-size kitchen at the back. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026 The idea came from a news report and from the experiences of real Chinese cooks who run restaurants in the region. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cook
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cook
  1. distort
  2. happen
  3. chef
  4. misrepresent
  5. do
  6. be
  7. come
Verb
  • While there are men who have been affected — George Brett Olson has been one vocal example — the majority affected seem to be women, whose likenesses are often exaggerated or distorted for the purposes of sexualization.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The carbon molecules then distort the star’s light so much that almost all of it is squeezed into wavelengths beyond 600 nanometres.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of distort
Verb
  • His big adult break happened when visiting his sister in San Francisco in 1954.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers can model what happens if copper prices increase sharply or if a newer technology becomes commercially viable years from now.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of happen
Noun
  • Food and drink Croatian chef Pavo Klarić has been at the helm of Michelin-recommended Luciano Restaurant since 2021.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Melissa King Melissa King is a James Beard Award-winning chef, author, and television personality.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of chef
Verb
  • In response, the watchdog group Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint Wednesday with the State Bar of California asking it to investigate whether Zacharia misrepresented herself as a lawyer in violation of California law.
    — Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • But Amendment 83 has drawn an especially stark contrast between two types of Colorado’s hunters, with each claiming that the other is misrepresenting the interest of both the public and Centennial State hunters and anglers.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of misrepresent
Verb
  • PhotoTat can have additional practical applications, including for medical tattoos like those done on cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 19 Oct. 2026
  • OpenAI has reportedly floated the idea of giving the government up to a 5% stake in the company and suggested other leading AI companies do the same.
    — Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of do
Verb
  • The exact timeline for when these AI companies go public is still in flux, but there is no doubt that new wealth will be coming online soon, and some of it is already here.
    — Melissa Stevens, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • There are believed to be two adult owls, and some photographers have claimed to have seen six fledglings, Barrett added.
    — JOSEPH FREDERICK, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of be
Verb
  • Monday's attack came a day after a Russian drone struck the village of Pisochyn in the Kharkiv district, killing three people and injuring nine others, including children, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Most people come here for the ever-evolving menu of house cocktails.
    — Condé Nast, cntraveler.com, 13 Oct. 2026
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“Cook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cook. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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